SC - Cinnamon Cucumbers

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

Stefan li Rous wrote:
> 
> Hauviette commented:
> > Gwyneth writes:
> > > Now, how would the vender have served
> > >  it?  Did everyone just bring a bowl and cup to eat and drink from to the
> > >  baths?
> > Probably had a cup of their own (guessing here)
> > Paper is out of the question, but what about plant material? Like leaves to
> > wrap the food in?
> 
> Except when we were talking about dolmas here a while back, no one could
> point to any evidence of them being done that way in period. Or any other
> foods being wrapped in leaves and cooked. Can any of our new list members
> give some evidence of this? Or of leaves being used as serving/eating plates?

Outside of Europe the practice is an example of a prehistoric
technology. However... . I've also seen numerous European cheese recipes
that refer to wrapping a fresh cheese in various leaves, ranging from
cabbage to nettles and everything in between, for aging. I'd guess that
flatbreads would be one possibility, and another that vendors could
provide a certain number of inexpensive wooden or clay bowls, to be
returned, washed and reused. They didn't wrap Coca-Cola in leaves until
the 1960's, after all. 

Adamantius
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